Identification and Mitigation of the Vulnerability of Web Applications in Institutions of Higher Education in Jigawa State, Nigeria
| dc.contributor.author | Muhammed Sabo | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-03-07T10:21:51Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-03-07T10:21:51Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The security of information technology, specifically web applications, has become a major concern today. Nevertheless, there is a significant lack of personnel qualified to handle cyber security tasks. This research presents existing educational threat and vulnerability on some of the Nigerian higher educational institute web applications through risk analysis of the vulnerabilities impact to the educational institution under the study and a propose design model for vulnerability risk management process. Ensuring security is a goal of every organization regardless of its size or purpose. The study was to identified and mitigate the effect of cybercrime on the educational system of Nigeria. Cybercrimes commonly committed by staff and students include: hacking, unauthorized and illegal access to bank accounts, identity theft, phishing, spoofing, unauthorized reading of emails, desktop counterfeiting, pornography, cyber harassment, fraudulent conversion of property, chat room conspiracy, sending computer viruses, plagiarism, phreaking, social engineering and downloading unauthorized data. The study has fully identified some of the threat, and vulnerability of web application in institution of higher education in Nigeria as well as analyzed the risks impact and designed the risk management model to control the negative impact. The study concluded that cybercrime poses a great risk to the economy and therefore the need to institute an effective risk management system and enhance the capacity to carry out forensic investigations to tackle it. Also, collaborative efforts of governments, corporate entities and the citizenry could play a vital role in checking cybercrime. One of the recommendations made was that the government should strengthen its security agencies, loaded with the difficult responsibility of fighting cybercrimes in Nigeria. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Kampala International University | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12493/14683 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.title | Identification and Mitigation of the Vulnerability of Web Applications in Institutions of Higher Education in Jigawa State, Nigeria | |
| dc.type | Thesis |